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尸

Mandarin · pinyin shī

(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)
(literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)
variant of 屍 shī

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尸: shī · corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44

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(historical) a living person who represents the dead person during a rite
dead body

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